Automation technology comprises a wide range of tools and solutions to tackle simple and complex problems. In some cases, those problems are unique to a company, and solving them requires careful planning and development. In other cases, some issues are common to many companies—even across industries. For these needs, full-cycle development doesn’t always make sense. What about ways to save time and achieve improvements sooner?

The Tungsten Automation Marketplace makes that possible and provides excellent tools for streamlining business processes and driving enhanced profitability. However, there are ways to accelerate your timeline for a positive ROI and fundamental process changes. With the Marketplace, automation experts and developers provide free and paid solutions to extend the impact of your investments. Among the solutions you can find are many kinds of software connectors.

What are connectors? These tools help facilitate data exchange between disparate systems, such as capture software and a CRM platform. Of the many hosted in the Marketplace, some stand out for the popularity of their functionality or convenience. Here are the top five connectors Tungsten users have downloaded the most.

1. The Azure OpenAI GPT Connector

Generative AI continues to take the world by storm. Various-sized companies across industries are interested in applying this new technology to business tasks. What if you could incorporate generative text AI functionality into other automated workflows? For example, imagine feeding a large amount of captured document data into a model that produces an executive-level summary. That summary helps knowledge workers save time they might otherwise need to spend on tedious work.

The Azure OpenAI GPT Connector for TotalAgility gives you precise functionality to integrate. The appropriate Microsoft Azure subscription is all you need to build GPT-like abilities into intelligently automated workflows. As so many resources pour into AI research and applications, it’s no surprise that this connector ranks near the top of the list. AI is an integral part of intelligent automation.

2. The Connector for Tungsten AP Essentials and Microsoft D365 Business Central

Good business software is the backbone of successful daily operations. Processes such as accounts payable, sales and more all rely on these tools. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is one such suite of tools that many small to medium-sized companies rely on daily. Even those companies continue to embrace automation opportunities; it can positively impact the bottom line and accelerate your journey toward growth.

AP Essentials is a powerful solution for streamlining many standard accounts payable tasks, especially invoice ingestion, field extraction, and matching. With this connector, you can use AP Essentials for industry-leading OCR and data capture and then rapidly import that data seamlessly into D365 Business Central. This feature helps reduce reliance on manual work and copying while eliminating a common source of errors. This popular connector makes general ledger coding and approvals far more straightforward and faster.

3. The TotalAgility Salesforce Connector

Salesforce is one of the most popular business software solutions for managing customer relationships, sales processes, etc. However, you may encounter issues quickly feeding the appropriate data into Salesforce. Staff may have to spend hours manually typing information from documents directly into Salesforce. Not only is this expensive in terms of the hours spent on the work but there is no guarantee of quality. Workers may become tired or distracted, allowing errors to creep into the data.

Connecting Salesforce to TotalAgility with this connector from the independent Tungsten Professional Services eliminates those errors. Rely on the powerful document extraction capabilities and process automation in TotalAgility, then use the connector to move that information into Salesforce seamlessly. This connector, built to keep a human in the loop, minimizes manual data entry work and gives your teams the data they require in Salesforce.

4. The AP Essentials SAP Connector

As an industry leader in the business software sector, SAP solutions are fundamental to many companies’ workflows. Facilitating the flow of information into SAP so that your teams can accomplish their tasks on time is the challenge of the day. That challenge is especially evident when you want to accurately move PO and non-PO invoice data into your SAP deployment. With the combination of AP Essentials (ReadSoft Online) and this connector, you can transfer high-fidelity data from extracted invoices directly into SAP ECC or SAP S/4HANA error-free.

AP Essentials capably extracts information from invoices in all formats and forms all arrival points via email or a capture device. This data then moves seamlessly into SAP. The connector also supports archiving invoice images for an audit trail. This solution enjoys popularity not only for its functionality but also for its rapid implementation. It’s ready for you to configure and start using immediately.

5. The OpenText Content Server Export Connector

Handling large amounts of incoming documents can be a challenge. Keeping them in order within your digital systems can be even more complicated. This OpenText connector addresses that problem with ease. Scan documents, then configure this connector for automatic indexing. Options include indexing by optical character recognition or with unique bar codes. Once indexed, you can re-export the documents into PDF, PDF/A and TIFF formats.

Send the documents to your OpenText Content Server and continue the workflow. Deployment is simple with an intuitive set of configuration tools. Hasten your journey towards fully digital document management and more “paperless” processes.

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See anything you like? These connectors enjoy popularity because of the problems they solve and the convenient functionality they deliver. With applications suitable for many industries and business sizes, these connectors help you implement automation faster and with greater cost-effectiveness. Explore what’s available on the Marketplace today and see how your business could benefit.